Steering CommitteeOur steering committee, or less
officially, our core group and what they do is:

Sonja Blaney: Food sorting, bagging, staging,
volunteer coordination, inventory control and stock rotation,
room set-up and break-down, works with outside groups to
coordinate food donations and drives with Angel. Sonja has a
special skill in keeping volunteers busy and well coordinated.

Barbara Mennard: Food sorting, staging and
bagging, room/table set-up and break down, volunteer
coordination and our historian and sounding board on policy
issues. Barbara and Angel Morrison develop the bag "ingredient
list" according to available inventory. Barbara has been a long
time fixture of the food bank whose service has spanned many
years and many directors.

Angel Morrison: Food
sorting, bagging, staging, stock rotation, room set-up and
break-down, contact organizations for food drives/ donation and
pick-ups in the community, help clients, follow through with
organizations for donations, deliver to shut-ins and maintain
the shut-in list, pass on info about the food pantry to anyone
that asks’, help where ever needed organize and rotate stock as
well as inventory control, Michelle meets with emergency clients
on an as needed basis.

Michelle Bertrand:
Food sorting, bagging, staging, stock rotation, room set-up and
break-down, contact organizations for food drives/ donation and
pick-ups in the community, help clients, follow through with
organizations for donations, deliver to shut-ins and maintain
the shut-in list, pass on info about the food pantry to anyone
that asks’, help whereever needed organize and rotate stock as
well as inventory control, Michelle meets with emergency clients
on an as-needed basis.

David Petrovick: Director. Finances and
budgeting, fund raising,
community relations, press
release/community relations, shopping and coordination with area
farms and businesses for fresh/perishable food purchases,
trouble shooting, service of shut-ins, emergency requests,
monthly and annual report filing with the Worcester County Food
Bank and the Congregational Church. Strategic planning and
policies. Officially represents the food bank to civic, church
and businesses and to state and federal agencies.

Venerable Man Shing, Diane Champigny and Nan Petrovick:
Our check-in people who make sure we keep track of who comes to
use the food bank and for certification/recertification of
eligibility (January of every year) and to compile our report
that the director makes to the Worcester County Food Bank.